The News Review:

- High-end hotels fuel new design era
- World traveler’s luxury deals
- Eriksson remains in City limbo following meeting with Thaksin

High-end hotels fuel new design era
The Age – May 20, 2008
Inside rough concrete walls contrast with Portuguesesandstone. “There is a growing trend to attract people with architecture”says general manager Urs Aebi. “Thailand has been renowned for goodservice and nice beaches forever. Now you have some quite funkyplaces. Aebi says he thought it was quite a leap of faith for thedevelopers to choose Duangrit but adds that slowly Thailand isturning away from bland traditional Thai-style resorts andembracing the designer hotel. “The young and well-educated Thais having studied overseasspent a few years abroad travelled they are coming back and theydare to do that” he says. Boonthida Amatyakul 30 is the managing director of Dune in HuaHin a sliver of a hotel with five rooms behind a greyindustrial-style exterior… “Thailand has been renowned for goodservice and nice beaches forever. Now you have some quite funkyplaces. Aebi says he thought it was quite a leap of faith for thedevelopers to choose Duangrit but adds that slowly Thailand isturning away from bland traditional Thai-style resorts andembracing the designer hotel. “The young and well-educated Thais having studied overseasspent a few years abroad travelled they are coming back and theydare to do that” he says. Boonthida Amatyakul 30 is the managing director of Dune in HuaHin a sliver of a hotel with five rooms behind a greyindustrial-style exterior. It is Latin American salsa beats not Thai traditional musicthat pump out on the wooden restaurant deck with a glimmering poollined with metallic tiles. “My inspiration is from Mexico.

World traveler’s luxury deals
MSNBC – May 20, 2008
But a trip like this also means spending much of the time in your hotel room waiting for the rain to stop. For many the desire for a valuable vacation outweighs the allure of huge off-season savings. But it doesn’t have to. The smartest travelers are finding both.

Eriksson remains in City limbo following meeting with Thaksin
Belfast Telegraph – May 20, 2008
The 65000-capacity Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok was sparsely populated during the so-called "super match" on Saturday. Thaksin opened a club store in Bangkok on Friday and reiterated his desire to turn City into a global brand. He and Eriksson were together at a dinner organised by City sponsor Singha on Thursday a drinks reception at the team hotel on Friday and they met before and after Saturday’s game. City flew to the city of Pattaya on Sunday and will journey on to Hong Kong today and return to Manchester on Thursday night. Sources have suggested that even if Thaksin does sack Eriksson during the tour the Swede will keep to an agreement not to reveal the fact until back in Britain. It is conceivable that his pay-off will be dependent on this. Eriksson has been keeping a brave face on things in Thailand surprisingly describing his relationship with Thaksin as "good".

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